Las Friday in Parque San Telmo in Las Palmas we met a group of teenangers holding a banner reading “Free Hugs” and “Abrazos Gratis! Ilosiónate”. Asked about why they were holding it, they responded that nowadays too many people don’t receive enough affection. Everybody talks about crisis and doesn’t notice that around them are many people who feel lonely, need someone to talk to, to give them a little attention and affection. For that reason, they offer free hugs to anyone who needs them 🙂
Do we live in en economic or an emotional crisis?

George Lakoff has retired as Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is now Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu).